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-L. KELLER. GOMBINED CALENDAR AND PAPER WEIGHT. No. 296,179. Patented Apr.'1,-'1'884;'

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LOUIS KELLER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

COMBlNED CALENDA R AND PAPER-\NEiGH EPBCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,179, dated April 1, 1884-.

Application filed February 9, 1883.

To CtZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis KELLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of Xew York, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Calendar, Paper- \Vei ght, and Advertising Device, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 shows a top view of the device. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section. Fig. 3 shows the method of inserting the bottom. Fig. 4 shows the shape of the bottom. Fig. 5 shows the bottom when the outside piece of paper is pasted upon it. Fig. 6 is taken on the line a: a: of Fig. 2. It shows the posts or ears to preventturning of the calendar papers. Fig. 1 shows the advertisingdiskin section.

Likeletters indicate like parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, (6 is a case or ring made of metal; but it may be of any suitable material. The upper edge is turned inwardly, forminga circumferential flange, b, all around the upper edge of the case. The lower edge is also bent inwardly, substantially like the upper one, forming the flange c.- Recesses are cut out of this flange c, as shown at d, for the purpose of allowing the insert-ion of the bottom 6 and securing it in place. The bottom has ears or projections 6 formed on it, which coincide in location and size with the recesses d in the flange 0. Thus this bottom can be introduced into the ring or case a, and then by turning it, as shown in Fig. 3, the parts of the flange c which have not been removed will support and hold it in place. A piece of paper (shown at f, Fig. 5) being pasted over all the seams be-. tween the bottom and the flange on the outside of the case will prevent the bottom from turning. I propose to print upon the exposed face of this piece of paper the full year calendar, so that byturning the device upside down it can be seen. The upper side of the bottom may, if desired, rest against suitable stops, 9 g. to hold it more securely. The method shown of introducing and securing the bottom and of constructing the case is given as an illustration merely of one method in which they may be made, as obviously many different construe tions may be used without departing from the spirit of my invention. a

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In order that my device may be used as a paper-weight as well as a calendar and advertisingmedium, I prefer to make the bottom of heavy cast metal, as shown in the drawings. It may, however, be made of any other sufficiently heavy material, or loaded in any suitable manner; or the case may he made of cast metal, to secure the requisite weight.

it is a spring, which rests against and is preferably attached to the upper side of the-bottom, and on the upper side of the spring is a plate, 2 upon which rest the pieces of paper 2', upon which are printed the calendar designations. There should preferably be one of these pieces of paper for each day, and the months and year also printed on it-thus, for example, 1883, Thursday, 18th January-as shown in the drawings; also, any advertising matter may be printed thereon. These papers are of such size that they will move easily by the action of the spring, and yet of greater size than the open space within the flange b, so that the flange will prevent the spring from pushing them out; and in order that they may not become turned around if they be circular, so

coincide with that of the others, I place upon the side of the case a post, as shown at j, which fits into notches or recesses cut out of the pieces of paper, (all the papers being previouslyproperly arranged,) and this post entering the notches in the papers will hold them so that they cannot turn in the case. Iprefer to have two or more of these posts, as shown in Fig. 6, and, instead of the posts, indentations may be made in the sides of the case, which, projecting the metal inwardly, will serve the same purpose. I provide the posts 7' more especially to be used when the device is hung up, because then it will be inconvenient to have the printed matter upside down; but a decided advantage is secured by my calendar when these posts 9' are not used, andone which is not found in any calendars known to inc-that is to say, no care is needed in assembling the several pieces of paper constituting the calendar to have the print all face the same way, because no inconv enience results when the calendar rests horizontally, as it would when resting upon a table, whether the print all faces the same way or not, and I claim this feature that the printed matter of one piece will not whether the pieces of paper be inclosed in a,

case and connected with other devices or not. When this device is used as an advertising medium in connection with its other uses, it will be found convenient to produce part of the advertisement on the flange b, although it may be entirely 011 the papers or entirely on the case, or partly on the case and partly on the papers, and for convenience of manufacture I provide a separate flat ring, it, which fits under the flange b, and upon it any desired advertising matter may be produced in any known way. By the use of this ring and papers with different printed matter upon them the device may be used to advertise several different things at different times; and in order that this ring may be introduced into the case, it should either be small enough to slip into it through the recessed spaces d in the flange c or have recesses cut out of it to allow the projecting parts of the flange c to pass.

The operation is readily understood. The pieces of paper areintroduced between theplate z and the under side of the flange I), either by removing the piece of paper f on the bottom of the device and taking out the bottom, accompanying which will come the spring and the plate 1', or, preferably, byinserting them, a few at a time, from the front or upper side, by simply pressing against their central portion while they rest over the vacant space within the flange 7), until the spring being sufficiently compressed, their edges will flatten out under the flange. The pieces of paper are kept pressed up against the under side of the flange b by the spring, and, as each day passes, the appropriate paper is removed by simply drawing the finger moistened, ifnecessary, across the face of the uppermost paper, it being so thin that it readily follows the finger, and will come out from under the flange. The papers are of course properly arranged, before being put into the calendar, by months, and the sequence of days is properly observed, the earliest date being uppermost.

I do not limit myself to the details of construction shown, since they may be quite extensively varied without departing from my invention.

The device may be set on edge or at an angle, if preferred, being supported on a suitable base, the loading being in these cases put in the base; or it may be hung up.

I am aware that a large variety of ticketcases have been devised which involve a receptacle for the tickets, with aflange to hold them against outward movement, and some sort of spring device for feeding the mass and holding it against the confining-flange; but in all of those with which I am familiar, the body or wall of the case is cut away to provide for the insertion and removal of the tickets. My

invention does not cover the broad idea of providing a receptacle for tickets, but does involve the generic idea of a case having continuous or unbroken sides or walls, and an annular flange surrounding the opening in the top, adapted to conceal and confine the edges only of a series of flexible or thin pieces of paper with calendar designations printed thereon, said case being also provided with an interior plate or follower, between which and the bottom of the case is arranged a spring with the upper end located'centrally with reference to the follower, in order that the latter shall be free to tilt or wabble, that the thin papers confined within the case may be readily drawn out through the opening in the top in an obvious manner.

I claim as new 1. As a new article of manufacture, a combined calendar and advertising device, consisting of the case a, having continuous or unbroken sides or walls, an open top surrounded by aninwardly-projecting and continuous flange, b, a pressure-plate, i, adapted of paper 2', a pressure-plate, 6, adapted to move within the case, an interior spring, h, secured centrally to the bottom, and a weighted bottom, E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, in a calendar, of the case a, the spring h, attached at one end to the removable bottom E, and supporting the plate 2' at the other end, the plate '5, the independent advertising-ring 7a, and the pieces of paper 1, separate and independent from each other and piled on each other in numerical sequence, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, in a calendar, of the case a, the spring h, the plate t, the pieces of paper 2', having calendar designations, and arranged on top of each other in proper sequence, and provided with notchesin their edges, and the posts j, adapted to fit into the notches in the pieces of paper, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 3d day of February, A. D. 1883.

LOUIS KELLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. OBRIEN, JOHN H. Ivns.

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